For this 10th episode, we sit down with one-half of Team UK’s reigning number 1 team and Future Medical Doctor, Joaquin Bello! Joaquin, together with his twin brother Javier, has been making waves in the World Tour scene at such a young age while balancing his studies as a Medical Student. Now in his final 2 years of Med School, Joaquin shares in this episode how he is balancing both highly demanding commitments, how he got into it in the first place, his highs and lows dealing with both, and what’s in store for him both as a Beach Volleyball Athlete and a Doctor. This is an amazing chat as I relate to him so much given that I am literally on the same both with him so I hope you enjoy the show!

In this episode, we talk about his career in the "SOAP notes" format as follows

(S)ubjective History
- Med School talk
- His origin story coming from a family with rich volleyball history
- How he started at a very young age with his Dad as the mentor
- How his frustrations in indoor led him to love beach volleyball
- Having his twin brother Javier as his major inspiration in excelling in the sport
- Challenges of being both a pro Athlete and a Medical Student

(O)bjective History
- What technical beach volleyball skills he is most proud of
- What technical aspect he is working most on
- His workarounds despite injuries and limitations with certain ranges of motion 
- What skill every aspiring player should master

(A)ssessment 
- An inside look at his current journey as a Beach Volleyball athlete and Medical Student

(P)lan of action
- His current goals of succeeding in both careers but stil excelling as an Elite Beach Volleyball athlete
- The Family decision on how to level their game up further

I hope you get to enjoy and be inspired by his story as much as I did! 

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